Melitta Euorpean Dark and LavAzza dark roast. We have a grinder, but I haven't been as thrilled with whatever beans I bought lately, so have been using ground coffee.

My favorite nationally-available brand is Peet's. Generally I like dark roast but dear husband likes light ... so we switch out which type we buy. I use ground coffee. Maybe someday will get a coffee bean grinder. There are a couple locally-roasted coffee brands that I also like, but they are pretty small.

As I mentioned on the other thread, at home I use only instant--and my #1 favorite is Juan Valdez BuenDia! (The exclamation point is theirs, not mine.) But when it comes to dining out I'm always delighted to find a restaurant or coffee house that serves Java Love.

Melitta Decaf and Folgers Colombian Roast. If I'm making cuban coffee, then I use Café la Llave.

My first choice is locally roasted and fresh but in a pinch Peets whole bean in a medium roast.

Costco columbian. 3# can is 9.00, and I like it better than Starbucks

Hubby loves coffee I purchase from Hawaii Coffee Co. For him anything that is med/dark roast is great. I am not a coffee drinker so instant in the morning is fine with me.

Coffee is a food product and so freshness, ingredient quality and careful processing are all important. And as with beer, attention to these three factors can allow careful small scale producers to make a superior product to what larger scale producers make. So, I find I'm happier buying coffee from smaller local coffee roasting companies.

I think Peets has gone downhill since it was acquired a few years ago.
At one time, I found it the one chain that served usually acceptable
coffee. No longer.

I buy my coffee from a private roaster. You can have single origin or one of nine blends. It is a bit more expensive, but the consistency is fabulous.

Peet's Major Dickason's blend whole bean, ground daily. Stored properly.

I buy whole beans from Maui Coffee Roasters -- they don't roast the beans until you've placed an order. Sometimes I get the Peaberry, sometimes one of the flavored coffees (e.g., Coconut, Hula Pie, etc.). I've been getting beans from them since 1995.

I like the Trader Joe's dark roasts -- the shade grown ones.

Private roasters. One I get is regionally through parcel delivery, the other is a local roaster who distributes to certain local-ish produce-farm-grocery markets. Not cheap, but I love quality well roasted coffee. I don't drink much of it, but enjoy my morning tall cup. We grind whole beans & lately do pour-over drip (kludgey set up as most coffee makers do not get the water hot enough throughout the brewing cycle. One of my peeves. So we use the carafe and stand of a a ho hum white plastic $20 thing, but heat our own fresh spring water and pour over through a paper filter. Any waste is recycled (composted). We pre-heat our coffee mugs and wrap the carafe in a tea towel -- never use that junky hot plate. We used to put any extra coffee in a preheated thermos, but now we just brew another batch if we want more (rarely).

What do you use, Dakota?

Lately, I've only been buying the Kirkland brand whole beans in the green bag, from Costco. They're made by Starbucks but sold for much less money.

Dunkin Donut and the Target store brand, Archer farms.

Tim Horton's

Dunkin Donuts

Douwe Egberts, Netherlands.

We prefer Aroma Rood. It has a smooth taste and rich aroma and we have local access.

Sitting next to a food scientist at little league games is what led me to Enjoy Better Coffee

Dunkin Donuts

Right now I am using Dunkin Donuts but I'm not a huge fan of it and from my two posts I think it is because the coffee maker is not getting the water hot enough

Peet's Major Dickason's is my favorite as well. I grind daily and use my pour over carafe to get pretty strong and super hot coffee and add some Kerrygold butter and coconut oil to make the greatest bulletproof coffee.

I buy either Cafe Pilon or Cafe Bustelo pre-ground espresso that comes in vacuum-packed bricks. The important thing for me is that they provide a very consistent espresso grind that allows the coffee to work well with my inexpensive espresso maker. When I would buy whole beans and grind them myself, the result was too coarse and too fine at the same time.

I guess I'm not a connoisseur because I find most brands acceptable. We usually use the Organic Fair Trade blend from Trader Joe's and when I go to New York I will sometimes buy fresh whole beans of Costa Rican coffee.at the Empire Coffee Co. I know I could probably buy the online but I don't.

I do like WF's brand--Allegro, I think it's called--though it's a little expensive.